Real estate agents in Sacramento County and, particularly agents in Elk Grove, usually don't conduct business by investigating their home buyers. We generally accept a home buyer's word, especially if he or she seems sincere. So, I hate to say that there are more crooks running around than a pers
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01/11/2014
Every year in January I try to go through my last year's real estate contacts and follow up. I am really lousy at originating business for my practice because it takes so much time and often yields such meager results for effort expended. I much prefer to work with people who contact me as a refe
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01/10/2014
Lots of sellers have been calling this week to find out how much their home is worth and how this Sacramento real estate agent might go about selling it. They seem amazed that I have time to talk with them, but they don't understand that selling Sacramento real estate is pretty much all that I do
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01/09/2014
I finally finished my thoughts that were gathering yesterday when I examined the state of the real estate market in Sacramento and then got sidetracked by my own success story. Woooo, look at what I did in 2013, and then I completely became absorbed in the day's activities, talking to sellers who
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01/07/2014
After complaining to my husband yesterday about how much weight I have gained during our Florida Keys vacation, we went to lunch at the all-you-can-eat China Buffet in Land Park on Broadway. You know, somewhere along the line, a woman has to pull the plug and hop back on the elliptical machine. O
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01/07/2014
Adjusting to time changes has always been extremely difficult for me. It's a little bit easier going West from Sacramento than it is going East. But even coming home takes a day or two to adjust to when I'm flying from Key West to Sacramento. We left Key West at 8 AM, which would be 5 AM Pacific
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01/06/2014
I always get a little sad when my vacation is over, and we've had a wonderful time during the last leg of our multiple-leg excursion around south Florida. Originally, I had planned to stay at Key West for 3 weeks but then my husband suggested touring the Everglades National Park. I've seen the Ev
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01/04/2014
For as long as I can remember, my motto has always been that if it rains on your parade, you parade in the rain. You know, you do the best you can with what's in front of you and don't complain about what you cannot change. Yes, I know it's shocking to some people that things exist in this world
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01/03/2014
There is little like taking it easy and lying around the pool. It's an experience that is hard for some overachievers to enjoy, because one might feel like an iPad is necessary, as a cellphone would interrupt too many sunbathers who are pretending to sleep or maybe they have just nodded off due t
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01/02/2014
My husband is insisting that the inflatable boat pulling up to the dock below us at our waterfront hotel has a pot-bellied pig on it, but even with monovision, I can tell from this distance that it is a dog. See, this is kind of discussions we have while on vacation in Key West. He is so certain
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01/01/2014
